The Sedimentary Record of a Significant Flooding Event in Lake Taihu on the Yangtze Delta, China

Three soft-sediment cores were collected from the western area of Taihu Lake in the Yangtze delta region of China. Sediment chronologies and sedimentation rates were determined using ²¹⁰Pb and ¹²⁷Cs methods. Grain size and microfabric analyses were used to identify sedimentary evidence for a major f...

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Published in:Journal of coastal research 2004-06, p.89-100
Main Authors: Yi, C. L., Appleby, P. G., Boyle, J. F., Rose, N. L., Dai, X. R., Xie, P.
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Floods
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Lake sediment cores
Lakes
Paleoclimatology
River deltas
Sediment core samples
Sediments
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